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Nowhere a Finer Climate
VOLUME FOUR, NUMBER ELEVEN.
BROOKINGS,
Nowhere A Finer Community
CURRY COUNTY.
OREGON
I HURSDAY. MAY 12. 1949.
Azalea _F tower Show” Is Enlarged
They Will Rule Aft
Festival
Number of Classifications Doubled Any
Previous Showing, Schedules Revealed
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Fcstival Flower Show. are almost double of 1948’s
m-idnJ'
r7’ea,ed earIy this week when the new’ lists were
made public the first of the week.
Flower lovers, who expect to exhibit at the 1949 showing, who
ra\ not have received a schedule, may consult page three of this
~
A glance will prove that 1949’s
festival Hower show will be easily
the best ever staged in this sec
tion of the country.
Staging is in charge of Mrs.
Fay Hardesty, and the theme of
the show will be "Our Native
The five lovely girls of the Wild Azaleas.”
Azalea Festival Court are not
To augment the show, much
only gracious, poised, and pleas enthusiasm has been manifest by
ing to the eye, but ■ire all top- various organizations which ex-
notch scholars and talented in pect to have entries. Mrs. Lock
various lines.
land told 1he Pilot. Tuesday.
Queen Joan (Joan Byrne) blue
A new innovation this year will
eyed, blonde, a n d particularly
be
proud of her Irish ancestry, is nut the serving of tea, coffee and
the top-rankii ng student of the inai bread sandwishes, at a nom-
charge, Arrangements
1949 graduating class and thereby this are under direction of for
Mis.
won the honor to be valedicto Roy Weideman.
rian. She is a familiar sight to
plant sale, which in the past
patrons of the telephone com
pany where she has been employ has netted the dui) considerable
ed as evening operator. Joan has funds to carry on the work of the
had a good gnusical education but club, will be held again this year,
prefers to listen to good music with Mrs. Ed Ackley in charge.
than to play the piano or violin Plants lor garden or home in
herself. She will enter Oregpn terest, beach material and hang
State College this fall where she ing baskets will be included, it
plans to study textile designing is said. It is the ho|w» of the club
to have for sale some small balled
and merchandising.
azaleas.
Princess Ruth Hassett, brunette
Queen Joan will cut the ribbon
as are all the princesses ranks
second only to Queen Joan in which officially opens the festi
scholarship and is salutatorian val flower show at 2:00 p. m.
10 reign over this year's Azalea Festival will be Queen Joan 1 and her court, pictured above:
of the class of 1949. Ruth’s fam Saturday and the show will be off
Left to right—Princess Margaret Byrne, sister of the Queen; Princess Marilyn Struebing: Queen
ily has lived in Bnxikings for to a brilliant start with Azalea
many
years and her older sisters Garden Club singers. Then Queen
Joan, standing: Princess Cora Mae Miller, and Princess Ruth Hassett.
Photo By Sands.
have been honored on the royal Joan will select her choice of the
court in previous years. Her in arrangements from the blue rib
terest, outside of athletics and» bon awards.
A rustic, old wishing-well will
music, is photography. After her
At I hursday Meeting
.
r
graduation she plans to go to help visitors make their dreams
Alaska and engaged in the field come true.
During P.-T. A. meeting Thurs-
of photography.
day evening, Mrs. Arthur Pierce
Junior conservation section
Princess Marilyn Struebing, the will show bird houses, wild flow
installed the incoming officers and
third senior in the royal court, er pictures, collection of shells,
presented each and Mrs. Archie
N. M. Jones, who for about 40 is a good student, a good cook, and made by the third, fourth and
Hendricks, outgoing president, a
years followed the jewelry trade has had several years study in fifth grades.
The Azalea Garden club proud corsage.
in
Portland, has moved, with his piano. Marilyn expects to study
ly announces that Sidney Armer
The public address system, pur
is sending ten of his wild-flower chased by the organization for wife, to Brookings to make his in the school of home economics,
paintings for a showing at the the schools, was given a trial as i home, he told the Pilot, Monday, probably at OSC, in the fall.
Festival Flower show, May 21 Mrs. Morris gave a report of the and is open now for business in
Princess Margaret Byrne, ju
and 22.
state convention held at Eugene. ^the Templar hotel building, next nior at Brookings High, is an ac-
complished musician, and, like
Pauline Hendricks and Margar door west from the lobby.
Sidney Armer is a western
Liking
Brookings
and
Harbor,
her
sister, Queen Joan, plays both
et
Byrne
entertained
with
two
pi
painter. Born in San Francisco,
Mr. Jones emphasized the fact piano and violin. After graduation
he came to northern California ano duets.
With the cast presenting the
Refreshments were served fol that he liked this area, and saw next year she plans to enter Wil-
and painted at Ferndale, in Hum
a
future
here
which
is
not
prom
play,
"Triflin’,” Brookings high
lamette
University
at
Salem
and
lowing
the
showing
of
films,
“
The
boldt county, for some time; la
ised
in
many
places.
While
he
school
students walked off with
major
in
music.
Teacher
Crisis,
”
and
“
Eeveryday
ter he worked in Del Norte at
I expects to gradually build his
Princess Cora Mae Miller, also Curry county honors, at Lang
Darlingtonia. This part of the Courtesy.”
| stock up to include quite a mod requires one more year of high lois last Friday evening. Vernon
coast is a gold mine for an artist
of wild flowers, being one of the Sophomore Class Honors ern jewelry store, for the time school study before graduation Crockett was picked as the best
he will go slow until he sees the but her classmates wonder if sho actor as he portrayed Uncle An
most favored fields in the United
demands
locally.
will complete it. A diamond ring dy, the checker-playing fiend. He
States. It is claimed that there Cora Mae Miller, Sat.
A
certified
watchmaker,
he
is
delighted local patrons recently
are over 2500 species in this vi-
Members of the sophomore ready now to care for all watch which recently appeared on her
when
he portrayed this part at
cinity.
class of Brookings high school and clock repairing, with prompt left hand indicates that he sole the high school gym.
interest
is
in
home
economics.
In Crescent City Armer con held a bridal shower Saturday
Virginia Knox, of Gold Beach,
tinued bis work of exquisitely afternoon at the home of Miss service assured patrons.
He and his wife have purchased
was adjudged the best actress.
recording these rare wild flowers Shirley Kerr in honor of Miss
Coached by Miss Ruth Wood
as well as the more familiar spec CoraMae Mille, whose marriage the G. H. Jenkins property near Evangelist Will Close
the
Odd
Fellows
hall,
and
have,
ward,
English teacher, the local
imen. He catches the personality to Raymond Asche is planned for
Revivals, Sunday Night group went
moved their furniture, and are
there Friday by car,
of the individual flowers by dra sometime this summer.
Dean Hamilton, nationally-re- Brookings’ play was last on the
now
getting
nicely
located.
matically spotlighting them with
Games, appropriate to the oc-
nowned evangelist, will close his program.
/
a degree of light that reveals casion, were played and Cora
Rehearsals are being made at services Sunday night, May 15
Gold Beach presented the pla/
the most minute detail. He works | Mae was given many nice gifts. regular intervals by members of at Baptist Community church. "His First Date”; Ophir present
in water colors.
। Refreshments Were served late the cast of the Chetco Rod and
For his closing subjects, he has "Hard-boiled;” Port Orford, "
Last year, Mr. Armer took a in the afternoon. .
announced:
morning, "The Throne nior’s Mustache,” and Lan
Gun Clubs’ theatre party, billed
collection of his wild flow’er wa-;
~
—
Friday evening at Mecca Theatre, Room of the King.” At the eve "Bobby-sox Brigade.”
colors to the national horti- Madison Square Gardens,
the second showing of the cast. ning service, "It is Spring anti
This is the first time ♦*
'cultural society which met at
At present he and his wife, the
According to the rapidity of the I Am Blind.” People are urged local school has won th
the Essex Hotel ballroom in New i talented Laura Adams Armer,
local ticket sale, a full house is to come and hear these messages a big loving cup. Gold T
York. The showing w’as given such . make their home in Fortuna, hav expected
Friday, for the public each evening and Sunday.
it last year.
an enthusiastic reception that it' ing established their private gal ity given the first performance
was requested by the internation lery in which they introduce the
Those columns reach at least
has caused other towns to seek
al federation of garden clubs at work of talented young artists. I repeat performances.
5000 readers each wet k- use ’cm.
Festival Court All
' Talented0 Girls
Noted Ariis? Will
Send 10 Pictures
To Fbwer Show
°^ccrs ¡N.M. Jones Opens
Jewelry Store !n
Templar Hotel
B. H. S. Play Given
First Place In Co.
Competion, Friday